Aboriginal
Oral Histories
in the Courtroom
More Than a Matter of Evidence

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Time: 2:30–4:30pm
Location: The University of British Columbia,
Liu Institute for Global Issues,
Multipurpose Room,
6476 NW Marine Drive (map)

Free event. Limited capacity.
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In this panel, experts in anthropology, law, literature, and Indigenous studies will discuss critical questions relating to Aboriginal oral narratives as they are used in the courts, and reflect on the extent to which scholarship can transform the process of Aboriginal rights litigation.

Moderator
Linc Kesler is chair of the First Nations Studies Program at UBC, director of the UBC First Nations House of Learning, and senior advisor to the president of Aboriginal Affairs.

Panelists
Bruce Granville Miller, professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia, is the author of Oral History on Trial: Recognizing Aboriginal Narratives in the Courts.

Sophie McCall, associate professor of English at Simon Fraser University, is the author of First Person Plural: Aboriginal Storytelling and the Ethics of Collaborative Authorship.

Darlene Johnston, associate professor in the Faculty of Law at UBC, was awarded the designation of Indigenous People’s Counsel from the Indigenous Bar Association of Canada in 2008.

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